Archive for July, 2009

Elizabeth Davis

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

I just received word of the passing of Elizabeth Davis, the matriarch, founder and heart of the Chinle Valley Singers and all her relatives.  I have many wonderful memories of her from tours with the group – the two of us jamming into a tiny rickshaw to tour a market in Manila, laughing when she realized that the blonde Estonian we had dressed up in traditional Navajo clothes wasn’t one of her daughters, and so many more.  And I was privileged to see her face in all of her relatives whom she shaped and inspired – children and grandchildren.  May her memory be a blessing to all who knew her.